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Four-miles for accepted flâneries féminines
Girls in de city of Niamey (Niger) will be able to socialize more easily in the…
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WDCD Refugee Challenge teams up with ADCN Talent Awards 2016
Big news for all young creatives in the Netherlands: the Refugee Challenge has teamed up with the ADCN…
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Mapping migrants on the move
Data visualizations and infographics are powerful tools in creating and communicating new perspectives on complex issues.…
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Phrasebook for refugees
Refugee Phrasebook is a beautiful example of the true social benefits of social platforms. In a…
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One Friday night dinner at V&A
It’s not what you eat, it’s how you eat. Visitors of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s…
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Fabio Lopez tackles serious issues, one pictogram at a time
With less than 3 weeks to go before What Design Can Do São Paulo kicks off,…
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‘Food is the biggest prisma of culture’
Brazilian top-chef Alex Atala, one of the speakers at WDCD São Paulo on 7 & 8…
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It’s on: tickets for WDCD Brazil are now available
Deyan Sudjic, Marcelo Rosenbaum, Alex Atala, Stefan Sagmeister, Sissel Tolaas and Rohan Shivkumar are among the…
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Volunteers compile phrasebook for refugees
Refugee Phrasebook is a beautiful example of the true social benefits of social platforms. In a…
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Humanitarian aid: 82M people in need
News on the delivery of 50 Better Shelters by IKEA Foundation to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)…
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More big companies among INDEX: Award finalists
Tesla’s Powerwall, Google’s Cardboard, Smart Contact Lenses and Self Driving Car, IKEA’s Better Shelter and Flexible…
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‘Get rich at heart, or die trying’
After another year of preparations, the 5th edition of What Design Can Do kicks off with…
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Shape-changing desk thinks with you
‘I think there’s a lot of space for designers to expand beyond the producer/client model and…
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A tiny home can be a castle
Sawhorse Revolution, a non-profit carpentry program for high school students in Seattle, just raised almost 40.000…
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The future of food is bright
“I love change,” said Trend Tablet editor Cecile Poignant with a smile, at yesterday’s TrendxChange event…
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‘You need to be hungry to build a business’
‘You need to be hungry to want to build a business, to grow,’ says Cynthia Shanmugalingam,…
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Happiness is a campaign called Frooti
Advertising that actually makes you happy? It must be the long time investigation of Stefan Sagmeister…
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Selling alcohol to reduce harmful drinking
From a collaboration set up by the British Design Council between social enterprise Unlimited Potential and…
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Cameron Sinclair back on WDCD stage
‘Architecture is where life happens,’ Cameron Sinclair said in 2012 in an inspiring talk that overwhelmed…
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Letter from Brazil: meeting with Adélia Borges
Last week on a trip to Brazil I met with Adélia Borges, the curator and journalist…
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‘A thousand words can create six million images’
Graphic designer Alejandro Magallanes has earned a reputation far outside Mexico for his posters, a hallmark…
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Pedro Reyes receives US Medal for the Arts
Mexican artist Pedro Reyes, who spoke at WDCD in 2013, was awarded a Medal for the…
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Fight malaria with desirable products
‘We look to the politicians, the NGO’s and the scientists to come up with the answers.…
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Blowing in the wind
Autumn has arrived in the northern hemisphere, bringing with it wind and rain. In Amsterdam, people…